2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Corowa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Corowa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Corowa than in most similar areas, leading to smaller households overall. The typical home here has just 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Corowa — lower than 81% of areas.
| Corowa | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 2646, NSW | 2.2 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Around 35.9% of residents live alone, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why Corowa has much lower occupancy per home than most areas.
35.9% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Corowa splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.1% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is much higher than the proportion seen in most similar areas.
16.1% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Corowa splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 16%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Corowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11080/corowa/topic/family-households